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Law and Liberty
Shirley Robin LetwinDecember 7, 1987OP17

In the Fourth John Bonython Lecture, Shirley Letwin analyses the way in which the rule...

Restraining Leviathan: Small Government in Practice
Michael James, Hugh Collins, J.J. Pincus, Cliff Walsh, Peter Swan AO, A.J. Moran, Ian Harper, Wolfgang Kasper, Chris Trengove, Scott Prasser, John D. Craig, Robin O'Hair, Geoffrey Brennan, George WintertonOctober 1, 1987PF6

Foreword This collection seeks to increase our understanding of the scope and opportunities we have...

Takeovers and Corporate Control: Towards a New Regulatory Environment
Peter DoddJuly 1, 1987PF5

In much economic and political discourse, the word ‘market’ is used in a very general...

Policies and Prescriptions: Current Directions in Health Policy
Andrew DomanMay 1, 1986PF4

As Professor Cotton Lindsay reminds us in his first contribution to this volume, health economics...

Private Correspondence: Competition or Monopoly in Australia’s Postal Services?
Robert AlbonOctober 18, 1985PM7

Dr Albon beleives that the most important and practical way to improve postal services to...

Trial Without Error: Anticipation vs Resilence as Strategies for Risk Reduction
Aaron WildavskyAugust 19, 1985OP13

Safety regulations are proliferating at a great rate in society today, attempting to protect us...

Warning Australia: wrong way, go back
Peter KurtiDecember 27, 2024DAILY TELEGRAPH

As we approach year’s end, there is growing fear that Australia is foundering. Cost of...

This childcare overhaul will actually do very little for parents
Simon CowanDecember 14, 2024CANBERRA TIMES

The news this week that the Prime Minister has committed to abolishing the activity test...

maths, anxiety, maths anxiety, policy, education
Do the maths or we’ll never be a STEM superpower
Glenn FaheyDecember 12, 2024THE AUSTRALIAN

Calls for Australia to become a STEM superpower will never be answered unless our students...

Cutting gas risks plunging Australia into blackouts
Grahame CampbellDecember 3, 2024DAILY TELEGRAPH
If anti-gas campaigns succeed, Australia could face a wave of blackouts due to the inherent...
Banning under 16s? Maybe we could try literally any less draconian measure first
Simon CowanNovember 30, 2024CANBERRA TIMES
Australia has become the first country in the world to attempt banning social media for...
Blackout fears prove our living standards are slipping
November 29, 2024THE AUSTRALIAN

One good reason to have a controllable supply of electricity at our disposal is to...

100 Days On: Trump and Trade – The Impact of Neo-Protectionism on Australia
April 27, 2017

Until his recent retirement from politics, Andrew Robb was Australia’s Minister for Trade and Investment....

How to Improve Australian Phonics and Literacy
April 20, 2017

England’s schools have undergone substantial changes in the last decade, including: introducing systematic phonics teaching...

Phonics and Literacy
April 20, 2017

England’s schools have undergone substantial changes in the last decade, including: introducing systematic phonics teaching...

Phonics and Literacy
April 20, 2017

England’s schools have undergone substantial changes in the last decade, including: introducing systematic phonics teaching...

Facing facts in education
April 11, 2017

England’s schools have undergone substantial changes in the last decade, including: introducing systematic phonics teaching...

People, politics and the new populism
April 5, 2017

How does the recent tsunami of populism differ from the past waves? Why are traditional...

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